Abstract
Folklore is a repository of the ideological foundations of each nation. The history of the people, their views and worldview features are unique treasures recorded in folklore and passed down from generation to generation. From the objects of folklore, you can find out how the people developed, what they thought about, how they lived, what their values were. Folklore is the keeper of the memory and cultural code of the people. The forms of faith, social structure and power are changing, and folklore has the property of preserving information in its own context. This property is manifested in folklore in images. Myths form a system that reflects the special way of thinking of the people, their unique perception of the world. If myths are the spiritual core of culture, then mythical images are an integral part of this people. Although myths are falling out of use, mythical characters, transforming, remain forever in the minds of people. Such mythical characters include the gods Umai-An and Zher-Su (Earth and Water) of the Turkic peoples. Images of these gods can be found in fairy tales and legends of the Turkic peoples. In fairy tales derived from myths, they are depicted with their names, in other genres - in the images of “Albasta”, “Zheztyrnak”. Although their functions are in a polar relationship, we see that the actions of these characters are related to family, childbirth and the condition of a woman. The purpose of the article is to reveal the images of the gods Umai and Zher-Su in Turkic folklore and analyze the manifestations of their divine functions in transformed images. In the course of this analysis, the place of the gods Umai and Zher-Su in the worldview of the Turkic peoples will be established.